The person with fewer tools sometimes learns the tool more deeply.
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY
Having one tool means learning its full range, its edges, and what it can be pushed into doing. Having many means using each shallowly and reaching for a different one whenever difficulty appears. Depth comes from constraint more often than from access.
Pick one tool or method you use constantly and go deep on it for a month rather than adding another. Most people’s capability is limited by shallowness rather than by inventory.
Which single tool of yours do you actually know deeply?
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